One question that has plaguedAssassin’s Creed Valhallaleading up to its release is how the game will handle its main protagonist, Eivor. The game allows players to swap Eivor’s gender whenever they want, yet bothmale and female Eivor are considered canon byValhalla’s Narrative Director. Luckily, any player who wants concrete details about the viking warrior can look forward to a graphic novel collection releasing June 23, 2025 that will reveal Eivor’s backstory.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Song of Gloryis a three-part story being published by Dark Horse that will follow Eivor, canonically female, as she “undergoes a dangerous quest to regain her honor” after being disgraced. Part of theAssassin’s Creed Valhallaprequel will also focus on Eivor’s brother Sigurd as he seeks treasure in eastern lands.
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The hardcover collection being written by Cavan Scott and illustrated by Martin Tunica and Michael Atiyeh will costs $17.99, and it will be available at retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Target, and Walmart according to its listing on Penguin Random House. Part one of the story will be available for $3.99 as soon as July 26, 2025 based on its listing through Dark Horse, which brings it closer to anAssassin’s Creednovel leak found in April, beforeValhallawas revealed.
With the upcoming game leaning into each player’s choice of what gender Eivor should be, it’s interesting to see that its prequel will have female Eivor take the helm. Supposedly, someAssassin’s Creed Valhalladevs wanted Eivor to be femalefrom the beginning of the game’s development, but this idea was shot down.
In fact, female characters were purportedly supposed to have larger roles in a number of previousAssassin’s Creedgames. For example,Assassin’s Creed Odysseywas meant to star Kassandraaccording to a report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, but Ubisoft’s Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoet allegedly believed that “women don’t sell.”
Ubisoft has been at the center of a movement against sexual assault and misconduct in the video game industry, which resulted inSerge Hascoet resigning from Ubisoftalongside other major executives. Whether that will change how women are handled in Ubisoft games going forward will have to be seen with future releases, but giving female Eivor the lead inSong of Glorymay be one step in the right direction.
Assassin’s Creed Valhallareleases November 17 for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One. PS5 and Xbox Series X versions to follow.
